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Hardcover. Num Pages: 141 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590333013
- ISBN
- 9781590333013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 27.84
€ 41.99
€ 27.84
Hardcover. What constitutes a family? Tracing the dramatic evolution of Americans' answer to this question over the past century, this volume provides the account of modern adoption's history. It details efforts by the US Children's Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America to establish adoption standards in law and practice. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226327594
- ISBN
- 9780226327594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.61
€ 94.22
€ 79.61
Hardback. Biographies quote Toni Morrison's birth name as Chloe Anthony Wofford. The author uses the theme of names and naming in her fiction to explore Morrison's own struggle to construct a useable identity as an African American woman novelist. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312234027
- ISBN
- 9780312234027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. In the past, dieting and dining out have not gone well together, but now all that has changed. This easy to follow guide provides low-carb information on over 100 national restaurant chains, making it a simple diet, even when eating away from home. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; VFM; WTHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 95.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590770627
- ISBN
- 9781590770627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.18
€ 11.18
Hardcover. Examining poetry by Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, and Amiri Baraka, among others, this book shows that leading US poets since 1979 have performed the role of public intellectual through their poetic rhetoric. Gwiazda's argument aims to revitalize the role of poetry and its social value within an era of global politics. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470850
- ISBN
- 9781137470850
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.50
€ 66.50
Paperback. Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and "an experienced overseer of intelligence" (Foreign Affairs), here examines the present state and future challenges of American strategic intelligence. Num Pages: 298 pages, halftone. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JPS; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814742532
- ISBN
- 9780814742532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Paperback. Examines immigration statutes and policies and the societal reactions to immigrants in seven industrialized nations. Num Pages: 304 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742518780
- ISBN
- 9780742518780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.96
€ 87.96
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566398404
- ISBN
- 9781566398404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.83
€ 32.99
€ 29.83
Widely recognized as one of the greatest short story writers of the last half century, Alice Munro's works have been collected in such volumes as Dance of the Happy Shades, The Beggar Maid, Open Secrets, Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You, and The View from Castle Rock. Editor(s): Moulder, Cathy. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 188 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1189.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810859241
- ISBN
- 9780810859241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.35
€ 197.35
Paperback. A provocative examination of prevailing thought on race and ethnicity in American society. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804753272
- ISBN
- 9780804753272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.87
€ 23.99
€ 21.87
Paperback. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133136
- ISBN
- 9781848133136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
Hardback. Series: Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; HBJK; JFFB; JFSG; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 225 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178341
- ISBN
- 9780231178341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.08€ 101.89
€ 133.08
€ 101.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): DeSare, Fedro. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781614701781
- ISBN
- 9781614701781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 334.46€ 226.58
€ 334.46
€ 226.58
Paperback. In Encounters on the Passage, present day Inuit tell the stories that have been passed down from their ancestors of the first encounters with European explorers. Num Pages: 196 pages, 48, 27 images. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442611030
- ISBN
- 9781442611030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
Hardback. During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists embraced light as their primary medium. This title explores and documents the unique traits of the work produced in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s and traces its influence on different generations of international artists. Editor(s): Clark, Robin Lee. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 color illustrations, 75 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 247 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First edition.
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270602
- ISBN
- 9780520270602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.04
€ 49.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. This ethnography of violence in Jamaica repudiates cultural explanations for violence, arguing that its roots lie in deep racialized and gendered inequalities produced in imperial slave economies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; JFC; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350866
- ISBN
- 9780822350866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.79
€ 36.99
€ 28.79
Paperback. China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea have struggled to navigate between the unsettling belligerence of North Korea and the often unilateral insistence of the United States on how to proceed. This book focuses on their strategic thinking and internal debates over four stages of the crisis. Series: Strategic Thought in Northeast Asia. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 1KBB; JPSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108479
- ISBN
- 9780230108479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Hardback. The Anti-Hero in the American Novel rereads major texts of the 1960s to offer an innovative re-evaluation of a set of canonical novels that moves beyond entrenched post-modern and post-structural interpretations towards an appraisal which emphasizes the specifically humanist and idealist elements of these works. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230603233
- ISBN
- 9780230603233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. Since the 1990s, gay and lesbian civil rights organizations have increasingly focused on the right of same-sex couples to marry, which represents a major change from earlier activists' rejection of the institution. This title explores this shift and its connections to the transformation of the US from a welfare state to a neo-liberal one. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226895291
- ISBN
- 9780226895291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.86
€ 36.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781882926978
- ISBN
- 9781882926978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.94
€ 9.94
Hardcover. Editor(s): Vega, Evelyn T. Num Pages: 120 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 190 x 12. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604561340
- ISBN
- 9781604561340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.09€ 70.85
€ 100.09
€ 70.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Kolin, Philip C.; Young, Harvey. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415624930
- ISBN
- 9780415624930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.94
€ 57.94
Hardback. Rebel Youth draws important connections between the stories of young workers and the youth movement in Canada, claiming a central place for labour and class in the legacy of the 1960s. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJPK; HBTB; JFSP; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774826877
- ISBN
- 9780774826877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.64
€ 107.64
Hardback. Contemporary Latin America presents the epochal political, economic, social, and cultural changes in Latin America over the last 40 years and comprehensively examines their impact on life in the region, and beyond. Series: Blackwell History of the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405139700
- ISBN
- 9781405139700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.30
€ 106.30